petit fourn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛtɪ ˈfɔː/, U.S.

/ˌpɛdi ˈfɔr/

Inflections: Plural petits fours, petit fours.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petit four.

Etymology: < French petit four (1803 or earlier in this sense) < petit (see petit adj.) + four oven (see furnage n.).

A small fancy cake, biscuit, or sweet, usually served with coffee after a meal. Chiefly in plural. Also figurative.

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1875 Times 25 Dec. 10/4 Bonbons, chocolates, marron glacés, fruit farcis au caramel, petits fours, and all kinds of pastry.

1884 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 172 We all went to Charbonnel..for iced coffees and petits fours.

1904 H. James Golden Bowl II. xlii. 367 Amerigo..selected for presentation to the other visitor a plate of petits fours.

1908 C. H. Senn Dict. Foods 109 Petit fours, F., is but the generic name for all kinds of very small fancy cakes usually highly decorated with fancy icing, crystallised fruits, and bon-bons.

1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 59 Petits fours, very small fancy cakes, iced cakes and biscuits served at the end of the formal dinner. Crystallised fruits, and caramelised and fondant-coated fruits are often included in the petits fours.

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxiv. 249 Napoleons and petits fours from Paris, Reims and Grenoble, Kugelhopf, pumpernickel and Pfefferkuchen from Berlin.

1974 Publishers Weekly 25 Mar. 55/2 Reichler's little prose petit fours accompanying the book's 100-plus photos..are toothsome and on-the-nose.

1995 Gourmet Mar. 40/3 I settled on a chocolate-iced petit four of marzipan and a cappuccino.

2002 Country Life 19 Dec. (Travel Suppl.) 43/1 Every night, the maids left..a selection of petits fours.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petit four
释义	petit fourn. Brit. /ˌpɛtɪ ˈfɔː/, U.S. /ˌpɛdi ˈfɔr/ Inflections: Plural petits fours, petit fours. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petit four. Etymology: < French petit four (1803 or earlier in this sense) < petit (see petit adj.) + four oven (see furnage n.). A small fancy cake, biscuit, or sweet, usually served with coffee after a meal. Chiefly in plural. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > small cake > types of small cake lozengec1430 rundle1587 macaroon1611 cookie1701 Savoy biscuit1719 queen cake1734 madling cake1747 dough1777 butter biscuit1789 rock cake1815 biscuit1818 madeleine1829 éclair1861 fairy cake1867 puftaloon1871 Eccles cake1872 petit four1875 rock bun1879 baby cake1880 rock1892 marigold1896 sponge finger1906 muffin top1914 palmier1920 lamington1929 whoopee pie1929 mandazi1937 French fancy1969 fondant fancy1974 1875 Times 25 Dec. 10/4 Bonbons, chocolates, marron glacés, fruit farcis au caramel, petits fours, and all kinds of pastry. 1884 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 172 We all went to Charbonnel..for iced coffees and petits fours. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl II. xlii. 367 Amerigo..selected for presentation to the other visitor a plate of petits fours. 1908 C. H. Senn Dict. Foods 109 Petit fours, F., is but the generic name for all kinds of very small fancy cakes usually highly decorated with fancy icing, crystallised fruits, and bon-bons. 1948 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 59 Petits fours, very small fancy cakes, iced cakes and biscuits served at the end of the formal dinner. Crystallised fruits, and caramelised and fondant-coated fruits are often included in the petits fours. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxiv. 249 Napoleons and petits fours from Paris, Reims and Grenoble, Kugelhopf, pumpernickel and Pfefferkuchen from Berlin. 1974 Publishers Weekly 25 Mar. 55/2 Reichler's little prose petit fours accompanying the book's 100-plus photos..are toothsome and on-the-nose. 1995 Gourmet Mar. 40/3 I settled on a chocolate-iced petit four of marzipan and a cappuccino. 2002 Country Life 19 Dec. (Travel Suppl.) 43/1 Every night, the maids left..a selection of petits fours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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